Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1905 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

The Tower of Babel. The exact date of the building of “Nimrod’s Folly,” as the Chaldeans say In alluding to the Scriptural tower of Babel (the Armenians speak of it as the Tower of the Confusion of Tongues), or the height to which it penetrated the rarefied atmosphere of the oriental plaius will perhaps never be known. The date of the laying of the foundation of the famous structure Is usually set at 2247 years before Christ, or In the year of the flood, 101. The expression of the sacred historian that its top was to “reach unto heaven” Is now generally set down as a strong Hebrew phrase denoting a very lofty tower, but not necessarily meaning one that would reach to the abiding place of the Lord and his hosts. Proof that this Is probable may be found imseveral places in holy writ. The walls of the city of Canaan are described by Moses in similar phraseology. The spies sent out by bim returned and reported that the cities of that country were great and were “walled up to heaven.” Fish aa a Brain Food. There are many men of many minds and mau3' fish of many kinds. Therefore there must be a fish adapted to each particular mind. For instance, for the schoolmaster we should prescribe whale and for his pupils blubber. For the critic, carp. For the soldier, swordfish and pike. For the office seeker, plaice. For a shoemaker, sole. For a carpenter, sawfish. For a smoker, pipefish and whiff. For a blacksmith, bellowfish. For lean persons, chub. For a sculptor, sculpin, of course. For a cheese manufacturer, smelt’. For the basso singer of a minstrel troupe, black bass. For a sea captain, skipper. For dwarfs, minnows. Then there Is the archflsh for archers, the drumfish for drummers, the pilotfish for pilots, the. skate for skaters and the houndflsh for hunters. Game of Hornet Chasers. Divide any number of players into two camps—the chasers and the hornets. Place a mark or target either on a fence or on top of a pole to represent a hive. Each hornet has a tennis ball with which he seeks to hit the hive, around which the chasers are grouped, armed with bats to w T ard off the balls. Every ball driven back from the hive “counts a point for The chasers. A bali touching the hive indirectly, even after it has been touched by a chaser, is good and counts for the hornets. The hive is attacked and defended by the right and left hand alternately, as the umpire commands. The side first making fifteen points wins, after which parts are changed, the hornets becoming chasers and vice versa. This gaipe can be played in the house by using soft balls and battledoors.

For Children’s Party. FrtSn water color paper cut and decorate Noah’s arks three or four Inches long and on the back of these paste an envelope to contain the Invitations. Inclose the whole in a large envelope for mailing, says the Woman's Home Companion. The invitation may designate the kind of animal each guest is expected to represent or that may be left to the Individual choice, merely asking them to come to the party in costume. These costumes are to be as simple as possible, only expressing some characteristic feature of the animal. To represent the elephant a loose domino of gray muslin may be used and a close fitting cap with huge flapping ears attached. For the lion a tawny colored domino with n fluffy ruche for the neck and shoulders made of tissue paper fringe. Pmilr of Numerals. Example; Prefix five to frozen water and get an evil habit. Take V as the Roman numeral for five and add it to ice, which is frozen water, and you have vice. In this puzzle only Roman—that is, letter numerals—can be used. Prefix 50 to a point of the compass and get the smallest. Prefix 100 to rough and get in a rough state. Prefix 500 to a relation and get to check by fear. Prefix 1 to “to scold” and get angry. Prefix 5 to a beverage and get a valley. + Answers: L-east, C-rude, D-aunt, I-rate, V-ale. A Remarkable Panic. Tell a friend to write the figures 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7 and oon a piece of paper and to point out the figure which he considers the worst formed In the line. Mentally multiply the figure to which he points by 9 and tell him to multiply his line of figures by the result. Thus if he points to 5 tell him to multiply 12,345,079 by 45. The result will surprise both of you.